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I have begun the reassembly phase of my p pump conversion project and took a few photos. I am about 2 weeks into the project and think that I finally have all the parts needed to finish it up. 12V gear case installed, removed and plugged MAP sensor, moved ECM to the rear, moved fuel filter to the rear. Quite a bit of work to do before it runs again.
The main reason is to eliminate the VP44 and replace it with a reliable p7100. This also allows you to make big power
without electronics. An added plus is the engine is now purely old school mechanical. No electricity needed for the
engine to run making it a perfect zombie apocalypse vehicle.
An update in case anyone is following this. All the hard stuff is done. Last task of wiring the shutdown solenoid is current project. From there it is just putting the front end back together. May have it back on the road next week.
Interesting Crazy Carl's bracket mounted behind the 24V style throttle unit.
I can only assume is there to get the fly by wire APPS throttle back to a linkage style throttle.
Nice work. I am following along.
Final photo. Done 100% complete. Of course there was one final snag before it ended. The air intake wouldn't clear the injection lines even with a spacer. It took an aftermarket intake for a 2003-2007 to get the clearance I needed. The whole project took about 5 weeks for me. My number one goal before starting was to make it as close to a factory install as possible. I am pretty happy that I got the result I was after even if it took more time and money than I planned to spend. Speaking of cost, that is what everyone asks first. I have not added up all the receipts but it is well over 3G. By far the largest expense was the p7100. I bought a GOOD core and exchanged it for a freshly built pump with some mods. A word of caution, most shops will not accept "junk" cores that are not rebuildable or not complete. They won't even give a partial credit in some cases. Second biggest expense was the injection lines followed by an adjustable timing gear. I did see that there are several conversion kits that are offered by different suppliers. They offer most of the major parts but you need to plan on acquiring a lot of "misc" parts on your own. Plumbing, linkages, brackets, engineering, etc will be needed in addition to what the kits offer. So, would I do it again? YES. It was a interesting and fun learning experience in spite of the snags along the way. I plan to own this truck for many more years and the cost of the conversion is nothing compared to the price of a new truck. I may do one more follow up in a few weeks after I have driven it for a while. Thanks for following along.
08-04-2020, 01:40 AM
